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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-26-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-01T20:06:50+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:22:13.140121+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp's Bank of Hope closes SMBC MANUBANK commercial banking unit acquisition

## Summary
- Bank of Hope completed acquisition of the Commercial Banking Unit of SMBC MANUBANK on Oct 1, 2026; financial terms were not disclosed.
- Deal adds a commercial banking franchise and seasoned professionals, diversifying deposits and expanding Bank of Hope's footprint in Greater Los Angeles and Korean/Japanese business communities.
- Collaboration and Partnership Agreement with SMBC effective at closing; Bank of Hope will serve SMBC's Japan-based middle-market and retail customers needing US banking services.
- CEO Kevin S. Kim calls the deal 'an important milestone' and says it deepens relationships across Korean and Japanese business communities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-26-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T20:06:50+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000049/0001128361-26-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000049/hope-20261001.htm

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